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#211241 - 07/15/04 12:40 PM True or False?
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Can you guess which of the following are true and which are false?

1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button.

3. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 years.

4. People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more.

5. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop, even your heart!

6. Only 7 per cent of the population are lefties.

7. Forty people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.

8. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old.

9. The average person over 50 will have spent 5 years waiting in lines.

10. The toothbrush was invented in 1498.

11.The average housefly lives for one month.

12. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.

13. A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.

14. The average computer users blinks 7 times a minute.

15. Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than any other time of the day.

16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.

17. The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water.

18. The only two animals that can see behind themselves without turning their heads are the rabbit and the parrot.

19. John Travolta turned down the starring roles in "An Officer and a Gentleman" and Tootsie.

20. Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem.

21. In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk.

22. Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same airplane, just in case there is a crash.

23. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburetor.

24. Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are used in vein transplant surgery.

25. Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were 7th cousins.

26. If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.

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#211242 - 07/15/04 12:54 PM Re: True or False?
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Can you guess which of the following are true and which are false?

1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
False
2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button.
True
3. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 years.
True
4. People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more.
True!!
5. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop, even your heart!
false
6. Only 7 per cent of the population are lefties.
True
7. Forty people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.
False (I hope)
8. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old.
False? (I'll have to look at my 3 year old very closely)
9. The average person over 50 will have spent 5 years waiting in lines.
True (At least!)
10. The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
False
11.The average housefly lives for one month.
False
12. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
True? (Back to the 3 year old....)
13. A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.
False
14. The average computer users blinks 7 times a minute.
True
15. Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than any other time of the day.
True (I know mine are!)
16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.
True
17. The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water.
True
18. The only two animals that can see behind themselves without turning their heads are the rabbit and the parrot.
True
19. John Travolta turned down the starring roles in "An Officer and a Gentleman" and Tootsie.
False
20. Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem.
False (Is he allowed to own anything???)
21. In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk.
True
22. Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same airplane, just in case there is a crash.
True
23. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburetor.
False
24. Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are used in vein transplant surgery.
True
25. Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were 7th cousins.
False
26. If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.
True




Be sure to post the answers at some point so I can see how stupid I am this morning!
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#211243 - 07/15/04 01:14 PM Re: True or False?
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I think they are all true.
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#211244 - 07/15/04 01:18 PM Re: True or False?
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I think they are all true.




Me too. But if Hitchcock didn't have a belly button, where did he come from???
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#211245 - 07/15/04 02:00 PM Re: True or False?
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I think they are all true.




Me too. But if Hitchcock didn't have a belly button, where did he come from???




That's exactly what I thought.
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#211246 - 07/15/04 02:16 PM Re: True or False?
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Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button due to it being sewn up during surgery.
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#211247 - 07/15/04 02:19 PM Re: True or False?
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Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button due to it being sewn up during surgery.




I thought it might had been because of the size of his belly!
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#211248 - 07/15/04 02:48 PM Re: True or False?
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I'd rather believe he was a pod person.
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#211249 - 07/15/04 03:37 PM Re: True or False?
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Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button due to it being sewn up during surgery.



My grandma doesn't have a bellybutton for this reason!!

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#211250 - 07/15/04 05:50 PM Re: True or False?
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You could draw one in with some eyebrow pencil!
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#211251 - 07/15/04 05:50 PM Re: True or False?
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#211252 - 07/15/04 06:51 PM Re: True or False?
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16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.




Ok, this one made me choke.
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#211253 - 07/15/04 06:51 PM Re: True or False?
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5. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop, even your heart!





Except if you took ex-lax the previous night!
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#211254 - 07/15/04 07:58 PM Re: True or False?
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16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.




Ok, this one made me choke.




Just read an article that said the average person eats FOUR spiders in their sleep each year! Gross, yuck, gross! If you think about it, that is an average, which means some of those folks ate MORE than four spiders per year!

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#211255 - 07/15/04 08:00 PM Re: True or False?
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16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.




Ok, this one made me choke.




Just read an article that said the average person eats FOUR spiders in their sleep each year! Gross, yuck, gross! If you think about it, that is an average, which means some of those folks ate MORE than four spiders per year!




Makes you wonder how they figured this out?

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#211256 - 07/15/04 08:27 PM Re: True or False?
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I eat my spiders while I’m awake, so you can’t include me in this study.

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#211257 - 07/16/04 02:24 AM Re: True or False?
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Is this why we like to surf the WEB?

Then again, I prefer cicadas...

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#211258 - 07/16/04 02:53 AM Re: True or False?
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I bet those of you on the Atkins diet can count this as one of you proteins for the day.
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#211259 - 07/16/04 03:02 AM Re: True or False?
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My friends are doing Weight Watchers - how many points would a house spider be? I'm thinkin' maybe only 0.10 - they're light, aren't they?

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#211260 - 07/16/04 01:08 PM Re: True or False?
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5. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop, even your heart!





Except if you took ex-lax the previous night!




Hee hee, then you become a human can of spraypaint!

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#211261 - 07/16/04 09:35 PM Re: True or False?
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varies... tha world!
So do we get to know what's true and false yet?

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#211262 - 07/16/04 09:44 PM Re: True or False?
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So do we get to know what's true and false yet?




I was wondering when we would get the answers also..

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#211263 - 07/18/04 05:07 PM Re: True or False?
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From what I am told, they are all true!
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#211264 - 07/25/04 05:11 AM Re: True or False?
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they are all true i have checked them all many times over on the net and by books and teachers of mine and even gone as far as to ask some of the guys that do this reach

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#211265 - 07/29/04 06:40 PM Re: True or False?
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These are definitely not all true... How can you say that you checked all of these? There is no substantial report claiming that Alfred Hitchcock even had the surgery to close his belly button, that is merely a rumor. Paint is not allowed to be used as a substitute for milk according to the FCC, your heart does not stop from a sneeze, babies are born with kneecaps, they are just not fully formed bone, the toothbrush was invented in around 3000BC and the modern toothbrush was invented in 1938 with nylon bristles, the whole spider thing is just an estimation of probability! you people are stupid

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